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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Christ (ranked 826 p4p, 366 weight class) and Franz Ramos (ranked 106 p4p, 54 weight class). Franz Ramos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeff Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franz Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Ramos misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Christ.
Ramos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jeff Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christ lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Christ on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Jeff Christ has been cut.
Christ misses with a takedown
and Ramos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ramos's corner calls for a 1-2. Ramos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ramos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Christ.
Ramos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christ takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ramos connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christ changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ramos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Christ misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ trying to control the position but Ramos is working away.
Christ postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ramos is not content to let Christ control the position.
Christ just content to control the position.
Christ working the ground and pound from side control.
Ramos is looking for a sweep.
Ramos is trying to control Christ's posture but Christ avoids it.
Ramos is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Christ is trying to ground and pound but Ramos uses the momentary lack of control by Christ to regain half guard.
Christ is keen to just control but Ramos is a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Christ in particular looking to stall.
Christ lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Christ slips a nice elbow through Ramos's hands, connecting with Ramos's forehead.
Christ perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Christ is nestled in close to Ramos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Christ seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Christ working over Ramos with some ground and pound. Ramos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ramos trying to control from the bottom.
Christ takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nice strikes from Christ there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Christ lands a nice short elbow.
Christ is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Christ lands strikes from half guard.
Ramos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Christ takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Christ throwing shots but Ramos is blocking nicely.
Ramos is trying to get back to full guard.
Christ working over Ramos with some ground and pound. Ramos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Christ thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Christ takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Christ seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ramos for as long as he can get away with.
Christ has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Christ lands a nice short elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Christ dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Christ's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Christ dives in for a single leg takedown but Ramos sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Christ tightens his grip and picks Ramos up, before dumping him to the ground. Ramos manages to land in guard.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Christ from controlling successfully.
Christ passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Christ is working Ramos over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ramos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
We've been hearing that Christ has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Jeff Christ overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christ in side control, just content to control the action for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos taking a bit of punishment here - Christ scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ lands an elbow.
Christ in side control, throwing shots but Ramos defends.
Ramos tries to improve position but can't.
Christ is putting a hurting on Ramos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Christ moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Ramos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Christ works to advance to full mount. Ramos defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Christ working Ramos over with strikes here.
Christ with the ground and pound from mount.
Ramos is desperately trying to improve his position but Christ has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ landing shots from mount.
Christ lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ramos is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christ with good strikes from the mount here!
Ramos is still in real trouble! Can Christ finish him?
Christ with good strikes from the mount here!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Christ! Ramos is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jeff Christ!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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